Rule 11 Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

In rule 55.10—

(a)

for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2)
Within 5 days of receiving notification of the date of the hearing by the court, the claimant must send a notice to—

(a)
the property, addressed to “the tenant or the occupier”; and

(b)
the housing department of the local authority within which the property is located.”;

(b)

in paragraph (3), for “paragraph (2)” substitute “paragraph (2)(a)”;

(c)

after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A)
The notice referred to in paragraph 2(b) must contain the information in paragraph (3) and must state the full address of the property.”; and

(d)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a) for “notice” substitute “notices”; and

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b) for “he has served it” substitute “they have been sent”.